UCLSchool of Management

Sruthi Thatchenkery

Biography

Sruthi Thatchenkery is an Assistant Professor of Strategy and Entrepreneurship in the School of Management. She received her PhD in Management Science and Engineering from Stanford University.

Her research sits at the intersection of competition and innovation, with a particular focus on networks of competitors and the ensuing effects on product development. In a related stream of research, she examines how firms can best learn from their external environment.

Sruthi’s work has been published in Academy of Management Journal. She was the winner of the Wiley Blackwell Outstanding Dissertation Award from the Strategic Management Division of the Academy of Management, a finalist for the Technology & Innovation Management Dissertation Award from the Academy of Management, and a runner-up for the Industry Studies Association Dissertation Award.

Prior to her academic career, Sruthi worked in economic consulting in Washington DC, specializing in antitrust and intellectual property litigation.